Due Upon Your Return!

Good Morning! Change of plans...I would like you to engage in what I feel will be a more interesting, important and fulfilling activity while you are at home. We will address the assessment of Chapters 7 & 8 when you return. You are still responsible for the preamble to the Constitution.

As a class, we have just spent a lot of time talking about the creation of the United States, with a particular focus on Boston. I would like for you now to research the establishment of your hometown and, if a reality, explore it's involvement in the American Revolution era, or looking forward, any other memorable historical events. If you have moved during your lifetime, feel free to research whatever town you most associate with as home, and if you are an international student, you can talk about your own town where you are from, or you can research North Andover or another town you find interesting.

Guidelines:

• Your paper must be 2 pages in length (no longer than 3). 
• Include a title, proper heading and page numbers in the lower right hand corner.
• Default font, margins and double spaced. Paragraphs need to be a minimum of 3 sentences.
• Include a list of works cited, separated by category and alphabetized using MLA 7th edition.
• You may use first person, but use it sparingly. You should have a thesis statement with no use of first person found in the introduction that evaluates the importance of your hometown in American history.

Questions to consider:

• What is the name of your hometown. Has the name ever changed?
• What is the geographic location of your town?
• Was there a native population living where your town is presently situated?
• What year was your town founded and/or incorporated? Who founded it?
• What was the reason for founding your town- religious or otherwise?
• What has the population of your town been like over the years?
• What was your town's involvement in any of the major events concerning the country?
• What is your town like at present day? How did your family come to live there?

Please have fun with this assignment- it's a good excuse to talk to your family! Email me today with any questions, but after that, I will be on a plane to Europe so use your best judgment. Please have this printed out, stapled and 3 hole punched for class Wednesday morning after your return. The preamble should be recited Tuesday.

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!